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Do you love being outdoors? Do you love gardening, growing and tending to plants? Do you want a career in horticulture? If so then apply now to become an Historic and Botanic Garden Trainee!

Applications are now open and close on Friday 31st March. There are 19 full-time paid trainee gardener places available. Each placement is in a prestigious historic or botanic garden in the UK. Placements are for 12 months and commences in September 2023.

Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible to apply but must be able to demonstrate some prior paid or voluntary experience working in the horticulture sector.

For more information and to apply please visit the HBG training programme website

2023 Placement Gardens

  • Aldourie Castle
  • Audley End (English Heritage)
  • Chatsworth House
  • Fulham Palace
  • Hatfield House
  • Mount Stewart Gardens (National Trust)
  • National Botanic Garden of Wales
  • Ness Botanic Gardens
  • Osborne (English Heritage)
  • Tregothnan
  • University of Dundee Botanic Garden
  • University Parks, University of Oxford
  • Walmer Castle (English Heritage)
  • Winterbourne Botanic Garden
  • Wrest Park (English Heritage